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When Is Limb Salvage Too Risky? Lessons From Gaza's Surgeons
Original: When Is Limb Salvage Too Risky? Lessons From Gaza’s Surgeons
Gaza's surgeons are facing wrenching decisions about when limb salvage becomes too dangerous, performing complex reconstructive surgery amid severe shortages of supplies, equipment and staff. Medical professionals are examining the lessons of operating under these extreme conditions, questioning where surgeons should draw the line between attempting to save a limb and amputating to protect the patient from infection, repeated operations or death.
Why now: Ongoing conflict in Gaza is producing mass casualty injuries that force surgeons to weigh limb salvage against amputation, drawing international medical attention.
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